Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive 61 mm (w) x 79

61 mm (w) x 79

and pinned with two aluminum rank pips

the valley in forest green wool

measuring 30 mm (w) x 352 mm (l)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive 61 mm (w) x 79(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a crossed hammer and mallet overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 3